Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Clustering skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Clustering over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkClustering
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank139124
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching permanent IT job ads97175
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.066 %0.080 %
As % of the category below6.581 %7.652 %
Salaries quoted76156
Average minimum salary£42,605£38,874
Average salary£44,112£43,409
% change on same period last year+1.61 %
Average maximum salary£45,618£47,944
UK excluding London average salary£38,449£41,179
% change on same period last year-6.63 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads14742287
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.998 %1.039 %
Salaries quoted12431927
Average minimum salary£37,110£37,990
Average salary£40,599£41,748
% change on same period last year-2.75 %
Average maximum salary£44,088£45,506
UK excluding London average salary£37,736£40,246
% change on same period last year-6.23 %
Clustering South EastClustering
South East

Clustering
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Clustering across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Berkshire Clustering Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Clustering across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Clustering Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Clustering across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

Berkshire Clustering Salary Histogram

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Clustering within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingUp+2958£44,674+8.45 %
SloughDown-78£39,714-0.10 %
BracknellUp+25£33,900-24.53 %
NewburyUp+23£45,000+50.00 %
MaidenheadUp+171--
Clustering South EastClustering
South East

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Clustering also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Clustering.

1105 (60.00 %)Windows
2103 (58.86 %)Microsoft
371 (40.57 %)Active Directory
468 (38.86 %)Windows Server 2003
566 (37.71 %)VMware
653 (30.29 %)UNIX
748 (27.43 %)Linux
847 (26.86 %)MS Excel
847 (26.86 %)SAN
944 (25.14 %)Solaris
944 (25.14 %)IIS
1043 (24.57 %)Citrix
1140 (22.86 %)SQL
1140 (22.86 %)Load Balancing
1237 (21.14 %)MS Exchange
1237 (21.14 %)Microsoft Certification
1334 (19.43 %)Red Hat Linux
1334 (19.43 %)Red Hat
1334 (19.43 %)SQL Server
1431 (17.71 %)VMware Infrastructure
1529 (16.57 %)Windows 2000 Server
1628 (16.00 %)SUSE
1628 (16.00 %)MCSE
1628 (16.00 %)VERITAS
1628 (16.00 %)HP
1725 (14.29 %)Disaster Recovery
1824 (13.71 %)NetBackup
1922 (12.57 %)Sun
1922 (12.57 %)IBM
1922 (12.57 %)SQL Server 2005

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Clustering also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Clustering. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
115 (8.571 %)Windows SharePoint Services
210 (5.714 %)WebServices
34 (2.286 %).NET
43 (1.714 %)J2EE
52 (1.143 %)ASP.NET
52 (1.143 %)XML
52 (1.143 %)JMS
52 (1.143 %)WebSphere
52 (1.143 %)HTML
52 (1.143 %)AJAX
61 (0.571 %).NET Framework
61 (0.571 %)LINQ
61 (0.571 %)UDDI
61 (0.571 %)SOAP
61 (0.571 %)ADO.NET
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
144 (25.14 %)IIS
237 (21.14 %)MS Exchange
321 (12.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
419 (10.86 %)SharePoint
518 (10.29 %)Apache
617 (9.714 %)Tomcat
716 (9.143 %)SharePoint Server 2007
810 (5.714 %)Exchange Server 2007
810 (5.714 %)Exchange Server 5.5
97 (4.000 %)Exchange Server 2000
103 (1.714 %)WebLogic
103 (1.714 %)BizTalk Server
112 (1.143 %)WebSphere MQ
121 (0.571 %)CMS
121 (0.571 %)Oracle Application Server
121 (0.571 %)MQSeries
121 (0.571 %)WebSphere Application Server
Berkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
147 (26.86 %)MS Excel
212 (6.857 %)MS Office
38 (4.571 %)MS Visio
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
147 (26.86 %)SAN
218 (10.29 %)DHCP
314 (8.000 %)DNS
314 (8.000 %)Firewall
412 (6.857 %)TCP/IP
58 (4.571 %)Internet
58 (4.571 %)LAN
67 (4.000 %)WAN
67 (4.000 %)Intranet
75 (2.857 %)VoIP
75 (2.857 %)MPLS
75 (2.857 %)DDNS
75 (2.857 %)VPN
83 (1.714 %)HTTP
91 (0.571 %)SMTP
91 (0.571 %)GSM
91 (0.571 %)SMS
91 (0.571 %)DMZ
91 (0.571 %)SS7
91 (0.571 %)SMPP
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
134 (19.43 %)SQL Server
222 (12.57 %)SQL Server 2005
317 (9.714 %)SQL Server 2000
47 (4.000 %)SQL Server Integration Services
56 (3.429 %)DTS
62 (1.143 %)SQL Server 2008
62 (1.143 %)MySQL
71 (0.571 %)IDOL
71 (0.571 %)ETL
71 (0.571 %)Oracle 10g
71 (0.571 %)Oracle 8/8i
Berkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
118 (10.29 %)Manufacturing
217 (9.714 %)Government
314 (8.000 %)Finance
314 (8.000 %)Retail
49 (5.143 %)Pensions
58 (4.571 %)Telecoms
58 (4.571 %)Health
66 (3.429 %)Local Government
66 (3.429 %)Education
73 (1.714 %)Banking
82 (1.143 %)Construction
82 (1.143 %)Marketing
91 (0.571 %)Financial Institution
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
135 (20.00 %)Administrator
223 (13.14 %)Support Engineer
223 (13.14 %)Architect
223 (13.14 %)Consultant
322 (12.57 %)Technical Engineer
420 (11.43 %)Analyst
519 (10.86 %)Technical Support
519 (10.86 %)Microsoft Consultant
618 (10.29 %)Technical Support Engineer
717 (9.714 %)3rd Line Support
814 (8.000 %)UNIX Administrator
814 (8.000 %)SharePoint Administrator
913 (7.429 %)Solutions Architect
1011 (6.286 %)UNIX Engineer
1110 (5.714 %)Team Leader
1110 (5.714 %)Support Analyst
129 (5.143 %)DBA
138 (4.571 %)Server Support
138 (4.571 %)Systems Administrator
138 (4.571 %)SQL DBA
Berkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
121 (12.00 %)Replication
211 (6.286 %)French Language
38 (4.571 %)German Language
42 (1.143 %)Contract for Difference
42 (1.143 %)Mathematics
42 (1.143 %)Computer Science
42 (1.143 %)Client/Server
42 (1.143 %)N-Tier
42 (1.143 %)Blackberry
51 (0.571 %)HACMP
51 (0.571 %)Symmetrix
51 (0.571 %)Grid Computing
51 (0.571 %)Spanish Language
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1105 (60.00 %)Windows
268 (38.86 %)Windows Server 2003
353 (30.29 %)UNIX
448 (27.43 %)Linux
544 (25.14 %)Solaris
634 (19.43 %)Red Hat Linux
729 (16.57 %)Windows 2000 Server
828 (16.00 %)SUSE
920 (11.43 %)AIX
1019 (10.86 %)HPUX
1111 (6.286 %)Debian
128 (4.571 %)Windows 2000
128 (4.571 %)Windows Mobile
137 (4.000 %)Fedora
144 (2.286 %)Ubuntu
151 (0.571 %)Windows Server 2008
151 (0.571 %)OpenVMS
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
140 (22.86 %)Load Balancing
225 (14.29 %)Disaster Recovery
316 (9.143 %)Security Cleared
415 (8.571 %)Content Management
58 (4.571 %)Unit Testing
67 (4.000 %)Release Management
67 (4.000 %)Migration
76 (3.429 %)Workflow
76 (3.429 %)Validation
85 (2.857 %)Data Migration
85 (2.857 %)Network Design
93 (1.714 %)Network Load Balancing
93 (1.714 %)ITIL
102 (1.143 %)Service Delivery
102 (1.143 %)Data Management
102 (1.143 %)Business Desktop Deployment
111 (0.571 %)SC Cleared
111 (0.571 %)Resource Management
111 (0.571 %)Technical Architecture
111 (0.571 %)Asset Management
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
140 (22.86 %)SQL
25 (2.857 %)Transact-SQL
34 (2.286 %)C
43 (1.714 %)C#
43 (1.714 %)Perl
43 (1.714 %)Korn
52 (1.143 %)C++
52 (1.143 %)Fortran
52 (1.143 %)Shell Script
61 (0.571 %)VBScript
61 (0.571 %)PL/SQL
Berkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
137 (21.14 %)Microsoft Certification
228 (16.00 %)MCSE
317 (9.714 %)Cisco Certification
413 (7.429 %)MCP
512 (6.857 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
64 (2.286 %)CCNP
73 (1.714 %)CCNA
73 (1.714 %)MCSA
73 (1.714 %)Degree
82 (1.143 %)Postgraduate
82 (1.143 %)CCIP
91 (0.571 %)CCIE
91 (0.571 %)HND
91 (0.571 %)Sun Certification
Berkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (4.000 %)SLA
22 (1.143 %)QA
Berkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
171 (40.57 %)Active Directory
231 (17.71 %)VMware Infrastructure
324 (13.71 %)NetBackup
418 (10.29 %)VMware ESX
516 (9.143 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
614 (8.000 %)ISA Server
712 (6.857 %)Xen
87 (4.000 %)Backup Exec
96 (3.429 %)MetaFrame
96 (3.429 %)Citrix Presentation Server
103 (1.714 %)Oracle RMAN
103 (1.714 %)Oracle RAC
103 (1.714 %)Novell eDirectory
111 (0.571 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Berkshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
111 (6.286 %)Netcool
210 (5.714 %)OpenView Configuration Management
36 (3.429 %)MOM
43 (1.714 %)Legato
43 (1.714 %)Tivoli
43 (1.714 %)EMC NetWorker
43 (1.714 %)Data Guard
52 (1.143 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
52 (1.143 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
52 (1.143 %)WSUS
61 (0.571 %)EMC Navisphere
Berkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1103 (58.86 %)Microsoft
266 (37.71 %)VMware
343 (24.57 %)Citrix
434 (19.43 %)Red Hat
528 (16.00 %)HP
528 (16.00 %)VERITAS
622 (12.57 %)IBM
622 (12.57 %)Sun
721 (12.00 %)Cisco
817 (9.714 %)Dell
916 (9.143 %)Oracle
108 (4.571 %)Altiris
116 (3.429 %)AppSense
116 (3.429 %)Compaq
125 (2.857 %)Juniper
134 (2.286 %)EMC
143 (1.714 %)Novell
152 (1.143 %)Intel
152 (1.143 %)BEA
161 (0.571 %)CommVault